Automobile-door.



jgpiieaton led November 9, l. Seria To @ZZ wfwm 'may concern: 4

Be iilrnown chat l, SALE Piemme, e citizen el' the Unieecl States, and a resident the. city of New York borough oi Menican, in the county :incl Since of New York, have invented e. new enel ln'iproveci Auxoinobile-Doer, of which the following is e full, clear, and exact clescripcion.

Among the principal objects which the present iJ/enion hes in View are: to provide ineens for rleliecting ihe air through which en suioinebile nis y be passing through thev body of che door hereoj'ci for creating n circulnion of relatively cool sir sdjacen :bhe iloor oi" ehe aueomobile; to pro-fiile means for preventing the rattling ihe rioolrculeting members when in closed posif'zion;

provide ineens for automatically increasing ille ineke of air proporcionarle ro che increase of speed or" the eu'oniobile and coinciclen with increase in licei. below he floor ci the automobile; und io simplify she mechanism and reduce ille cost lhereof.

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Zure .i is en inerior sifle View of automobile door, showing; in coninnc .on therewith. en nir-circuleiing device end maschi-mism for operating che seine consructeil and arranged in accordance with the 'presen'c invention;

ig'. Q is e detail View on en enlarged seeleT in seccion, ihe secion being teken es er. the line 2-` in Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is e detail View en en enlarged se: le, in secioin lhe section being` reken es on the line Irl-8 in mfg. l;

l? il is e similar View leken es on che lin lwll in 'Figa l; enel Fig. I3 is :L similar' View biken ns on the line in Fig. L

lutoniobiles have heretofore been subject ce the objection ci' excessive heet incident to che pincement oi' he machinery unfler che floor oi' ehe automobile, whereby xhe heeled' prmlues oi," combustion nre conveyed ro he rear ol" he rrmchine o be J@here eX- peilerl. ll'herc machines have been equipped 'wish side doors. accumulation ofi' heut in bis nimmer has proved exceedingly uncomiorxzble for riders. Herefoi'me endeavor nef-isles: nnule ilo overcome the eineexon by inrrfmneingf veniinting systems buying :iir si'lpblefl .Vr-ru the iront of ne vehicle. 'llhis Specification. or" Letters Eeteni,

hes necessarily been limited, and in order to supply `she necessary volume of cir, the intake thereof hss been necessarily forced. The result ei ibis method of supplying air has been io introduce a relatively small stream of sir into the body oi 'che machine in s forceful innnner.

ln the present invention the air is introduced in larger Volumes with less Violence, :incl distributed by slower incl more agreeable currents throughou 'che body of the machine, accomplishing the purpose desired wishout inconrcniencing me passengers.

is seen in Yche drawings, s door l() of con- Venionel sructure has formed. herein a series or narrow Veriicsl openings ll. The openings il are ornieil, in peri, by inter`- ineliee rails 1% which forni sugports for cercein che rloors or louvers 13. "She lonyers ere snppor'f'zeel by hinges 14 upon ehe rails l2 and door l0. rlhe Jfree edges l5 o he ioni/'ers i3 are preferably rounded io serJ in grooved feces 1G of 'che rails l2.

Each of che verrons louvers i3 is heldL inposition by e spring l?. @ne end of cach spring l? is secured lo e. broches erin i8 on each of she ioni/ers i237 :incl the oher end to :i corresponding breeke n 19 mounted von e hollow inesier ber when moved ce relex the tension on che snrings, permi's che leuvers 13 to move outs wsrrl :from iherloor l0, drawn thereto by lie air currenis hrough which the inechine or automobile posses. The springs i7 thereafter operate in correspondence with the eir pressure. i3 usually corresponds with 'ehe speeilof die machine, which, in gurn, is correspondingly related le ehe heat produced by the engine. ',lhereiore. the cooling effect of the circulzil'ine,n sir introduced is enfonmticelly proportioned, so ille heee raulinecL from che engine under 'he body of i'he machine.

The innsier bnr '2O is preferably semiubul .r i, 'Yorin 'for' providing' :i housingi l'or the springs l? :nul the brackets i8 und 9 when the iouvers i3 :1re closed. [it one enel, the bnr 2O is proviileil with guide roll extensions 2l. '.l'he extensions 2l, :is seen best in Fig. 2 of the drawings, pass through bearings formed in :i guide bracket Q2 securely mounted on the loer l0. As shown in bhe drawings-e er Fin.. l und i3, Lwo exiensions I. :ire employed for balancing bhe ber QQ.

Ile ihc opi ,e en'fi oi' che ber 20, e screw- The inziser ber Q0,

rlheflsiir pressure on the louyers threaded extension 23 is engaged by a nut Q4 and supported in bearings oiinetl in brackets; 2l. Bearing against the adjacent faeeS of the brackets Q5, the nut .24. is prevented from roving, with the effect that the extension 23 and master lhar' Q0 Connected therewith is moved in accordance with vthe manipulation of the nut Q4.

When the bai' Q() ,is retracted so that the springs l? exert a setting o1' closing` pressure on the louvels 13, the tension of said springs is so imparted to the brackets 1S, louvers are held firmly and snugly to their seats, the edges 15 restinzgy firmly in the faces provided to receive them.

It is obvious that when the louvei's 13 are open, the pressure of the ail' and the counteracting influence ot the springs 1T prevents any rattling of said lowers. .lt is also olnious that when the louvers are Closed. the presSlne of the springs l? isfe,\' ei'ted thereon to hohl the tree edges ot the louvers iz'nily in'the'laees 16.

that the lt is also obvious that the 'pressure of the springs l? is exerted on the n-nt 243. anal that in this manner there is avoided an).y objectionable rattling of the movable parts of the struetuie.'

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An automobile door having a series ol' elongated vertical openings; a series of solid loufei's therefor: each being pivotally connected at the real' edge otI one of Said openings; a inasterhar i'eeipifoeatively mounted .transverse said openings; a series of springs operatively connecting' said master hai' and each otesaial lonvei's: :unl means for manl` ually adjusting Said master bai'. said means inbodyi'ng a se1'e\\'tlnea le(l extension ot' Saul n'iastei" liar, and a rntany nut operatively connected therewith,

SALE A. PICKCNS. Jtnegnes: ,y L", YU'RD'OCK, v :\j vifsvmm 

